Tourist attractions Viseu

Museums and art

Paço dos Três Escalões P - 3510 Viseu

Sited in the old Dos Très Escalões Palace (built in the 16C and altered in the 18C), the museum has sculpture from the 13C to the 18C, Portuguese paintings from the 19C and early 20C - including works by Columbano (1857-1929) and António Carneiro (18..

Religious buildings

L.go da Sé P - 3510 Viseu

This Romanesque cathedral has undergone important alterations between the 16C and the 18C. Inside, the cradle vault, painted with grotesque figures, has a monumental Baroque retable. The capitulary room, on the first floor of the cloister has an inte..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

R. Nunes de Carvalho P - 3510 Viseu

Religious buildings

Adro da Sé P - 3510 Viseu

The attractive Baroque facade is punctuated by the contrast between the white walls and the grey granite pilasters. The central body, inset with a pretty Baroque doorway topped with a balcony is surrounded by an elegant ornamental front.

Architecture, castles and historic districts

R. Dom Duarte P - 3510 Viseu

In rua Dom Duarte, you will see a keep with an attractive Manueline window. In the picturesque, narrow and busy rua Direita, there are 18C houses with balconies on consoles of wrought iron On rua dos Andrades (to the south of rua Direita), you will s..